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ronald reagan, right? and what did ronald reagan do? he gave amnesty to 3 million latinos who were living here illegally, and i don't have the exact quote memorized but reagan said at the time i totally support amnesty for these people who are good-law-abiding members of their community even if they may have at one time come here illegally. it is interesting -- there is a column on this that will be posted later today. if you look back at ronald reagan, the conservative icon right? he raised taxes, seven out of eight years that he was president. he supported a ban on assault weapons. he supported and signed a bill creating amnesty for 3 million people who came here illegally. >> what a liberal. >> bill: if republicans -- ronald reagan could not get elected in the republican primary today and i just wish that -- not that i'm a great big fan of ronald reagan. but i wish republicans would just stop worshipping ronald reagan and start following him, start imitating him, and get that practical side to problem solving that ronald reagan did h
ronald reagan, right? and what did ronald reagan do? he gave amnesty to 3 million latinos who were living here illegally, and i don't have the exact quote memorized but reagan said at the time i totally support amnesty for these people who are good-law-abiding members of their community even if they may have at one time come here illegally. it is interesting -- there is a column on this that will be posted later today. if you look back at ronald reagan, the conservative icon right? he raised...
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ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their response is, he is just a fascist, a socialist. really? what were nixon and reagan and george w. bush for god's sake? they completely shunned their own. they ignored their own history >> bill: they don't recognize their own ideas. right? when they are staring them in the face. >> i think most people can recognize the republican party of today is not the republican party of 20, 30 years ago. most people who look at this independently can see that. but i think the bigger question is: is there ever going to be anything that's a wake-up call for them? what would the wake-up call be that they say, okay.
ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their...
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ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed roosevelt in talking about the legacy we leave to our children. >> when did that happen, and how did this become such a political issue when it's really not something to be. >> the biggest corporate plumers in the country have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on capitol hill and pumping up campaign coffers is entails among them the koch brothers? >> absolutely >> bill: some of the biggest polluters, cokekoch industries. bob dean -- bobdines. i'm sorry. we are talking climate change, not so much politics but it gets involved in here. join the conversa
ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed...
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if ronald reagan or george bush or mitt romney had nominated chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, republicans would be dancing in the streets singing he's one of us! he's a war hero! he's a republican! but barack obama nominates him and they're out to destroy his chances and block his nomination. why? only because barack obama is for him. they accuse him of being anti-israel. besides, they say he's anti-gay. wrong on both counts. no, chuck hagel doesn't agree with netanyahu on everything but guess what, neither did george bush or barack obama. doesn't make him anti-israel. back in 1998, then-senator hagel opposed the nomination of my good friend jim hormel from san francisco to be our u.s. ambassador to luxembourg, the first openly gay u.s. ambassador. he was wrong to do that. he has since apologized. jim hormel takes his apology. barney frank has promised to work with and support lgbt members of the military and their families. once again republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham are playing politics with national security. it is disgusting. chuck hagel will make a great se
if ronald reagan or george bush or mitt romney had nominated chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, republicans would be dancing in the streets singing he's one of us! he's a war hero! he's a republican! but barack obama nominates him and they're out to destroy his chances and block his nomination. why? only because barack obama is for him. they accuse him of being anti-israel. besides, they say he's anti-gay. wrong on both counts. no, chuck hagel doesn't agree with netanyahu on everything but...
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he said ronald reagan. what was reagan's success? when reagan took on big issues people believed that reagan believed it. >> right. >> they thought it was sincere and he was taking them to this new place because he really emotionally connected with it and intel he can't julie as well. i think obama if he does that can really have the ability to -- >> you have written about this and also realize he has does a have a mandate. >> that's important. understanding a mandate is a lot different than saying it. democrats, liberals love to say obama has a mandate. i don't think they even believe t they should. the fact of the matter is, as i said before, first president since ice enisenhower to be elected with more than 50%. got a 5 medical yon vote margin, overwhelming landslide in the electoral college. the senate races went better for democrats. 1.4 million people voted democratic than republican for the house. there is simply no question the people went to the polls in a referendum election given a clear choice and chose to give barack oba
he said ronald reagan. what was reagan's success? when reagan took on big issues people believed that reagan believed it. >> right. >> they thought it was sincere and he was taking them to this new place because he really emotionally connected with it and intel he can't julie as well. i think obama if he does that can really have the ability to -- >> you have written about this and also realize he has does a have a mandate. >> that's important. understanding a mandate is...
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reagan, right? calling for a ban on assault weapons. when he was in the white house. so they -- they may not forget but they think we're going to forget. i think you're right. we don't right? >> caller: we don't. i think more people need to respond back and point out the hypocrisy. i think you all do it but sometimes the mainstream people are so willing to accept whatever they say. >> bill: i know. they buy into this thing. again, you know, dana millbanks good friend of mine in "the washington post," he's critical of the president for exploiting the people. b.s.! of course, this is all about kids. the president said it. this is how we will be judged. these kids wrote to the president's perfectly appropriate to have them on stage. sandy, thank you so much. good to hear from you out in madison, wisconsin. rick, what's up? how are you? >> caller: i'm all for what president obama has done with signing the executive orders. he got things out on the table that congress hasn't been able to do in how many y
reagan, right? calling for a ban on assault weapons. when he was in the white house. so they -- they may not forget but they think we're going to forget. i think you're right. we don't right? >> caller: we don't. i think more people need to respond back and point out the hypocrisy. i think you all do it but sometimes the mainstream people are so willing to accept whatever they say. >> bill: i know. they buy into this thing. again, you know, dana millbanks good friend of mine in...
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. >> what about their pay saint ronald reagan? it was double digits. so bottom line is -- >> bill: i think obama's right. saying no, no, no, no. this is not something. we do not debate as he said yesterday, several times, we don't debate whether or not we're going to pay our bills. we're not a deadbeat nation. >> bill, for the listeners who may not know this and i'm sure many people do but for those who may not know, when we raise the debt ceiling we're not authorizing future spending. >> bill: good point. >> we're just paying the bills we've already acquired. we've already passed authorization bills and appropriation bills and the president signed the bill. we spent the money. this is just saying we're going to pay. okay. so like why wouldn't we want to do that? right? and so it is really sort of a ridiculous thing. i'm going to tell you, the progressive caucus, we're not against cuts. we have cuts that we think we'll go for. like -- >> bill: you've already done a lot of cuts. >> we've done $1.7 trillion in cuts. what if we did close some of the looph
. >> what about their pay saint ronald reagan? it was double digits. so bottom line is -- >> bill: i think obama's right. saying no, no, no, no. this is not something. we do not debate as he said yesterday, several times, we don't debate whether or not we're going to pay our bills. we're not a deadbeat nation. >> bill, for the listeners who may not know this and i'm sure many people do but for those who may not know, when we raise the debt ceiling we're not authorizing future...
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. >> bill: so ronald reagan, eight years never balanced the budget. george h.w. bush, four years never balanced the budget. bill clinton did. george w. bush, eight years never balanced the budget. where was the call for all of the impeachment calls then? >> maybe it's not such a bad idea. maybe he's on to something. we got rid of all of those presidents. >> bill: yeah, except -- never a peep. such hypocrites. of course -- there are enough republicans who say we can't do this because it might come back and bite us in the ass. >> the next president. >> bill: they're not going to do it. igor volsky is here from think progress. talking immigration reformer and other issues. 1-866-55-press is the toll free number. join our conversation any time. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look ou
. >> bill: so ronald reagan, eight years never balanced the budget. george h.w. bush, four years never balanced the budget. bill clinton did. george w. bush, eight years never balanced the budget. where was the call for all of the impeachment calls then? >> maybe it's not such a bad idea. maybe he's on to something. we got rid of all of those presidents. >> bill: yeah, except -- never a peep. such hypocrites. of course -- there are enough republicans who say we can't do this...
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they look sort of adoringly at each other while the other one is talking, like nancy and ronald reagan match. of course, they were once pretty -- they were very arch rivals. >> yeah. there was not a lot of love lost there for a while. >> likeable enough. >> you are likeable enough hillary but they have become quite a team. and something terri of state last night saying how much she enjoyed it. >> one of the things that i say to people because i think it helps them understand i say, look. in politics and in democracy, sometimes you win e elections. sometimes you lose elections, and i worked very hard, but i lost and president obama asked me to be secretary of state, and i said, yes. and so this has been just an extraordinary opportunity to work with him as a partner and friend to do our very best on behalf of this country we both love, and it's something i am going to miss a great deal. >> bill: i think it was very bold of him to ask her and bold of her to accept and salutes to both of them. it's been a great team. i think she will go down, as the president said yesterday, as one of the
they look sort of adoringly at each other while the other one is talking, like nancy and ronald reagan match. of course, they were once pretty -- they were very arch rivals. >> yeah. there was not a lot of love lost there for a while. >> likeable enough. >> you are likeable enough hillary but they have become quite a team. and something terri of state last night saying how much she enjoyed it. >> one of the things that i say to people because i think it helps them...
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reagan on it. shawn says threaten the coin in exchange for the mcconnell bill to get rid of reoccurring debt ceiling votes. and on the issue of obama's white guy problem cybercity says yes bill. pote us has a gender and diversity problem. women are better negotiators. rhonda says always good to get up in san francisco to see the sexy ass michael tomasky on the tube. bill, have him on more often. >> bill: oh, my god. >> hey, ladies. >> why are we so surprised here? >> bill, you get this sometimes. >> bill: i was expecting her to say always nice to get up early in san francisco to see the sexy ass bill press. >> sexy ass michael tomasky. >> bill: she meant to say both. >> i'm not so sure. >> bill: now you know why we have you in. while we have your fan club here, can we say hello to beverly in chicago. >> caller: how you doing? >> bill: okay. >> caller: this is straight to mr. press. i was listening to joe scarborough yesterday morning for the first 30 minutes. >> bill: big mistake. >> caller: rambli
reagan on it. shawn says threaten the coin in exchange for the mcconnell bill to get rid of reoccurring debt ceiling votes. and on the issue of obama's white guy problem cybercity says yes bill. pote us has a gender and diversity problem. women are better negotiators. rhonda says always good to get up in san francisco to see the sexy ass michael tomasky on the tube. bill, have him on more often. >> bill: oh, my god. >> hey, ladies. >> why are we so surprised here? >>...